Master bedroom suite
This room reflects Gropius’s economical use of space and contains many innovative design details. A glass wall separates dressing room from sleeping area creating the illusion of a larger space while solving a practical design problem. The wall separates two heating zones, allowing the Gropiuses to sleep in a cold environment but dress in a warmer one. There is also a curtain one could close for privacy and a door that could be closed to contain noise. Wooden slats are attached to the wall’s surface to carry through the line of the windows while preserving the plaster as they act as a durable surface on which the Gropiuses could attach art work or other decoration. Again, the bedroom illustrates how Gropius designed the house around his furniture. The room is just large enough to accommodate the king-sized bed between two Breuer-designed night tables. In the dressing room, storage is built in behind doors making the use of bureaus unnecessary. The artwork in the master bedroom suite includes an abstract composition by Gropius’s good friend and colleague Josef Albers, and a drawing titled, "Underground Shelter with Figures" by Henry Moore, given to Gropius by the artist in 1941.
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